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07-11-2010, 01:47 AM
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that just blows me away that those little LED give off that much PAR.
How high is that light from light to bottom of the tank. what was the par on the T-5's I hope that this light has promise not like the other one wit the problems it had with warranty circuits boards LED's and unit blowing up
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07-11-2010, 04:41 AM
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Hey Mike, can you show that from the end of the tank to give an idea of the front-to-back spread?
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07-11-2010, 04:58 AM
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07-18-2010, 04:30 AM
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OK I don't want to seem down on these lights but it seems (in addition to previously voiced concerns about irregular refraction at the non-planar air-water interface, light attenuation due to longer path through the water for reflected light compared to light focused by optics, and incomplete reflection from non-pristine interior tank walls) eggcrate would be out of the question considering the wide dispersion angle with no optics. When light is more or less vertically entering the tank eggcrate doesn't seem to have much effect but with the wide spread of light coming from this fixture a large amount of the light would be blocked by the eggcrate.
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07-18-2010, 05:32 AM
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Wow the shimmer is indeed back! Pretty cool demo.
Great point about the eggcrate but In my opinion the clear netting looks far better anyways and would accomplish the same thing with little to no effect on light transmission for ANY lighting system.
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07-20-2010, 01:21 AM
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Who cares what effect egg crate has on light spread? First and foremost it's ugly as sin. And if you have a trimless tank obviously aesthetics was one of your concerns. And if you don't have a trimless tank then put a canopy over that puppy and your jumping fish concerns are pretty much moot. The interaction with egg crate is hardly a reason to slag a fixture.
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07-20-2010, 02:05 AM
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I am not slagging the fixture in fact I am hoping to buy either one of these or the AI unit but I am not brave enough to be the first to put my money down. Just pointing out the apparent pros and cons that are apparent.
What is the clear netting, does anyone have a link.
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